› UKTH forums › 🛜 Wireless Routers & Modems › ASUS & Wireless › Split: ZENwifi ET8 Wifi Backhauls Without wishing to detract from the XT8 discussion i thought i’ll add a little about the ET8’s if anyone is thinking of changing/upgrading/adding and using them with XT8’s. I just... › Reply To: Split: ZENwifi ET8 Wifi Backhauls Without wishing to detract from the XT8 discussion i thought i’ll add a little about the ET8’s if anyone is thinking of changing/upgrading/adding and using them with XT8’s. I just…
So I have cought up with ASUS today just to progress how compatibility between the ASUS ZenWifi ET8 and XT8 via 5GHz wifi backhaul.
So as it stands: 5GHz backhaul is not supported between US ZenWifi ET8 and UK XT8 but they are still looking at this issue.
Below is correspondence with the ZenWifi Project manger relating to this concern, I have simplified there comments.
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Th ET8 should not be sold in UK amazon as we haven’t been ready to launch it in Europe.
We found using EU SKU XT8, and US SKU ET8, which is the reason they only connect via 2.4G to each other, to establish your mesh system.
“Cross SKU” is the problem.
1. You can returned purchasing of ET8, as this product should not be used in UK normally.
2. Using your ET8 and XT8 independently.
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Alas I do not know if US ET8 and US XT8 are capable of using shared 5GHz back haul – so for now, if any doubts, KiS (Keep it Simple) and do not mix ZenWifi ET8 and XT8 expecting 5Ghz backhaul to work in UK.
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